Author: Jeff Koons

Quotes

I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the art gallery.

I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the art gallery.

- Jeff Koons

I try to make pieces that are durable. One of the reasons that I work in steel is durability.

I try to make pieces that are durable. One of the reasons that I work in steel is durability.

- Jeff Koons

I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.

I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.

- Jeff Koons

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

- Jeff Koons

I spend much more time looking at art history and at different references to art than I do at actual objects.

I spend much more time looking at art history and at different references to art than I do at actual objects.

- Jeff Koons

I try to educate people about materialism through my work. I try to show them real visual luxury.

I try to educate people about materialism through my work. I try to show them real visual luxury.

- Jeff Koons

As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.

As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.

- Jeff Koons

I realised that people respond to banal things. They don't accept their own history, not participating in acceptance within their own being.

I realised that people respond to banal things. They don't accept their own history, not participating in acceptance within their own being.

- Jeff Koons

Art is about profundity. It's about connecting to everything that it means to be alive, but you have to act.

Art is about profundity. It's about connecting to everything that it means to be alive, but you have to act.

- Jeff Koons

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